Robots Do The “Thriller” Dance

A robot of the category "Standard Platform League" of the teams "Spiteam" from the "Rey Joan Carlos" university in Madrid and the "Bembelbots" from the Goethe university in Frankfurt/M. play a ball as they compete in the Robo-Cup German open 2012 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on March 31, 2012. Around 200 teams are taking part in the competition for artificial intelligence. AFP PHOTO / JENS WOLF GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read JENS WOLF/AFP/Getty Images)

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The future is officially here. A group of sophisticated robots built by Aldebaran Robotics and programmed by MIT’s Patrick Bechon and Jean-Jacques Slotine have accomplished the complex dance routine to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

The movement of the group of NAO Robots were synchronized to the music of “Thriller” using coupled oscillators to mimic the iconic “Thriller” moves. We’re not sure what all that means, but it sure looks amazing.